Sermons on Numbers 13:1-26:

Overcoming Doubt Series

Contributed by Tim Smith on Sep 25, 2016

Doubt. It impacts all of us. Doubts are not incompatible with faith. In fact, they can add to our faith. So how do you access the power of the resurrection and overcome your doubts?

Overcoming Doubt Numbers 13:25-33 Lord Halifax, the secretary of Great Britain, once shared a railway compartment with two prim looking spinsters. A few moments before reaching his destination, the train passed through a tunnel. In the utter darkness, he noisily kissed the back of his hand several ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 13:25-33

Denomination: Methodist

The Good News Is, The Bad News Is Wrong!

Contributed by John Gaston on Nov 7, 2016

The devil is a master at making things look worse than they actually are. The world has its problems, and if we focus on the negative, we will lose our peace and our victory. Look to a different source of news: God's awesome future for you!

THE GOOD NEWS IS THE BAD NEWS IS WRONG Num. 13:26-33 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR: The expert insurance agent 1. Gary has had a tremendous year selling life insurance policies and is asked by one of his colleagues for the secret to his success. 2. Gary replies, "After I outline the benefits of life ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 13:26-33

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Attitudes Of The Believer

Contributed by Roger Roark on Mar 23, 2016

we can choose our attitudes, whether positive, or negative

ATTITUDES OF THE BELIEVER Numbers 13:25-30 25 At the end of forty days they returned from spying out the land. 26 And they came to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation of the people of Israel in the wilderness of Paran, at Kadesh. They brought back word to them and to all the ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 13:25-30

Denomination: Baptist

When A Person's World Is Right

Contributed by Barry O Johnson on Oct 26, 2017

We cannot change the world. But we can change the world of a person.

One Saturday morning a minister was busily trying to prepare his sermon under the most difficult conditions. It was a rainy day, and his young son was restless and bored, with little to do. Finally, in desperation, the minister picked up an old magazine and thumbed through it until he came to a ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 13:1-3, Numbers 13:17-20, John 1:1-14

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Story: Mission Impossible (Wandering)

Contributed by C Jordan on Nov 18, 2015

The story of Joshua and Caleb gives us the keys to being strong and courageous as we face impossible situations and giants in our own lives today.

THE STORY #6: MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: (WANDERING – NUMBERS & DEUTERONOMY) INTRO TO TOPIC: In 1776, Thomas Paine wrote: “These are the times that try men’s souls.” • That’s true of today! What does it take for us to become strong and courageous? • John Wayne said, “Courage is being scared to ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 13:1-30

Denomination: *other

Genesis 3 Made Us "Smart Phones” - Part 2 Series

Contributed by Barry O Johnson on May 31, 2017

This is the second message in the series "Auto-correcting God".

In the first message of this series, looked at Adam and Eve’s rebellion, from the perspective of how it changed their relationship, and ours, from being “dumb phones,” being dependent on God to becoming “smart phones” and acting independently of God. Smart phones have a function that dumb phones ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 12:1-2, Genesis 15:1-2, Romans 4:20-21, Galatians 4:28-29, Deuteronomy 1:19-21, Numbers 13:23-33  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Seeing Yourself As God Does Series

Contributed by Howard Strickland on Aug 15, 2015

Israel had repeatedly witnessed God’s power; why were they intimidated? It’s a perception problem called low self-esteem, and it’s how the enemy prevents you from winning. The Israelites quickly forgot their Red Sea deliverance...

Seeing Yourself As God Does Numbers 13:1-2, 30-33NKJV A man in the prairie observed an eagle fatally wounded by gunshot. He writes: “With his eyes gleaming…he slowly turned his head, giving one last…longing look towards the sky. He’d often swept those starry spaces ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 13:1-2

Denomination: Pentecostal

Tis So Sweet To Trusty In Jesus Series

Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Oct 20, 2014

Each line of this hymn speaks 1. Believe - "Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus" 2. Decide - "Just to take Him at his word" 3. Rejoice - "Just to rest upon His promise" 4. Depend - "Just to know, thus saith the Lord"

VIDEO = Story of Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus - Worry & Panic - Mid 1950's Red scare & fallout shelters - 1962 - Cuban missile crisis & Nuclear missiles - Late 60’s - Worrying about a population explosion resulting in famine catastrophes - In 1973 - Warning stated that by 1993 the word ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 13:26-33

Denomination: Baptist

Do You See What I See?

Contributed by Wesley Boyd on Jan 8, 2019

I have heard the word "visionary" defined from a Christian perspective as "he who sees what can be done for God, and has a passion to do it."

Do You See What I See? Numbers 13:25-31; 14:6-8 In our text this morning there are two groups of people. The first group is the Visionary group. The second group is the Stationary group.??Let’s define these two words. The word "visionary" means "characterized by vision or ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 13:25, Numbers 13:25-31

Conquering The Giants In Our Lives

Contributed by Benjamin Utomo on Feb 3, 2021

Like the ancient Israelites, we have been set free from the slavery of sin and now are heading to the Promised "Land." We face various "giants" of problems personally, in the family, and from society against biblical truth.

The Jews were staying in Egypt for 430 years. In the last two hundred years, they were enslaved by the Egyptians. God sent Moses to deliver them from slavery and entered the Promised Land. Before they entered it, in verses 1 and 2, God gave the command through Moses to send twelve men, one from ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:10, John 14:1-3, Numbers 13:1-3, Numbers 13:25-33, Numbers 14:36-38, Daniel 2:21-22  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A Dis State Of Mind

Contributed by Rodney V Johnson on Oct 27, 2019

This message ia about operating in a "Dis" mindset. Dis is a negative prefix that when attached to the beginning of a word it modifies the word's meaning from being positive to being negative.

A Dis State of Mind Scriptures: Numbers 13:1-3; 25-33; 14:1-25; First Samuel 30:1-20 The title of my message this morning is “A Dis State of Mind.” How many of you are familiar with the word “Dis”? All of you have heard this word used as a prefix attached to other words. A prefix is attached to ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 13:1-33, 1 Samuel 30:1-20

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Caleb Series

Contributed by Gordon Pike on Jan 21, 2020

Such a small word … just three letters … b-u-t. A small word that we use a hundred times or more a day. “But” … it’s a word that can have dire consequences. Imagine getting hard labor for 40 years for one word … “but” … “b-u-t” … and not just for you but for your whole family too.

When I was growing up in upstate New York, in the summer we would go to swim in an icy glacial lake called “Green Lake.” Deep … almost 200 feet deep … and crystal clear. You could drop a quarter in it and tell if were heads or tails when it hit the bottom. And cold!! They had two diving ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 14:6-9, Numbers 13:17-20, Numbers 13:27-30, Numbers 13:32-33, Numbers 14:1-4, Numbers 14:34, Numbers 14:22, Numbers 14:9-10, James 1:2  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: United Methodist

But Giant Series

Contributed by Jose Rodriguez on Apr 27, 2019

Christians struggle believing God when they focus on "but" instead of focusing on the promise. The "But" giant will be defeated with faith.

I. Time to enter your promise a. Hearing that it is your time activates i. Faith ii. Courage iii. New Attitude iv. Hope b. The promise is real i. The land is there ii. The promise is ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 13:26-33

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Sunny Side Sermon Vii: Bible Personalities Who Kept On The Sunny Side Series

Contributed by Charles Cunningham on Jul 1, 2020

In our fallen world, temptation abounds in every arena of life, as if life's a game of chance without scruples for avoiding self-destruction. Christians, therefore, need to be like Caleb whose different Spirit kept him from falling.

BIBLE PERSONALITIES WHO KEPT ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF LIFE: CALEB If you were a bit puzzled at the assertion made in our last study about the wilderness experience of Jesus, to wit, that: Jesus needed no plan for dealing with Satan’s three attempts to get Him to ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 13:26-30, Numbers 14:6-10, Numbers 14:21-24

Power Of Our Words

Contributed by Anitha Jabastion on Jul 14, 2020

Many of us do not realize that there is life in the words that we speak. If we want to start seeing the promise of God manifest in our lives, we will have to speak words of faith. Israelites murmured words of unbelief. Little did they realize, that God will take them at their word.

Numbers 14:2, 3 - And all the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt! Or if only we had died in this wilderness! 3 Why has the Lord brought us to this land to [a]fall by the sword, that our wives and ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 14:28, Numbers 13:25-33, Numbers 14:6-9, Proverbs 18:21, Luke 1:37, Matthew 19:26, Hebrews 10:23  (view more)  (view less)